Steam Shower Enclosures

Steam showers used to only limit you to using them while you were at the gym, day spa or fancy elegant resort and hotel. Now they are simple and easy to install and can be in the comfort of your own home. People from all walks of life and for many different reasons are installing these wonderful pleasures into there own homes.

Many people are turning up the heat and enhancing there bathroom and homes to feel the true effects of a shower enclosure .

The health benefits of a steam shower is almost endless, the steam can relax tense muscles as well as loosen up muscle tissues which helps aid relieving stress. If you have a common cold or any respiratory problems a steam bath or shower would open up the nose, lungs and sinus area and release any pressure allowing you aid and nurse your condition. People for years going all the way back have used steam baths and showers for far more serious conditions such as arthritis, asthma, and even bronchitis. many cultures believe that heat and steam have therapeutic benefits.

A couple of options when deciding to build a steam shower such as building a enclosed unit in your home or buying a self-contained enclosure.

Building your own steam enclosure

This would have to be one of the most difficult ways of going about, and just a few things will need to be done.

The enclosure would need to be covered up either using acrylic, stone rock ,ceramic tile and even a material like fiber glass.

The enclosure will have to be sealed with a rubber coating, air tight to prevent any steam from releasing outside If allowed to release to a outside room that was not water resistant you could have serious water damage problems to the walls over time.

steam shower generator

This would have to be the key element which is a generator turning water into a hot compressed steam.

If you have the skills yourself and the knowledge, feel free to work on your enclosure yourself, if not please contact and plumber and a electrician to over see safety.

Option two would be to buy a contained steam shower enclosure unit which is pre built and having it properly installed .